What Taiwan travelers worry most about their TWD/ NT?
Check out these Taiwan dollar tips you can use right away!
In the mega Taiwan travel forums where I advised Taipei visitors, travelers regularly asked about a very important part of their Taiwan travel – their tourist TWD or NT.
What are some of the key concerns Taiwan travelers have about their TWD/ NT?
How best can you travelers manage and maximise your tourist dollar in touring Taipei, Taiwan?
I’ve gathered these key TWD tourist concerns – and show you how to resolve them in real, practical travel Taiwan tips!
First, check this link if you want to see how New Taiwan dollar notes and coins look like?
Make best use of your tourist dollar in Taiwan. Here’s how:
1. Buy TWD/ NT – and bring into your Taiwan travel!
Simple Taiwan travel smart: Buy as much Taiwan dollar as you wish, before you fly into Taiwan. Bring your TWD in with you.
You can of course still buy your TWD while in Taiwan for your travel needs.
Be warned: Buying TWD in Taipei, Taiwan will require some efforts and often in less than ideal exchange rates for you tourists!
So bring your TWD tourist dollar into Taiwan with you.
This tourist dollar tip alone will see you well through your Taiwan travels!
2. Backup your Taiwan travel funds with credit card!
Unless you prefer otherwise, buy with your credit card only as a last option.
You can make credit card purchases where they are accepted in Taipei, Taiwan: Major shopping stores, hotels..
Taiwan traveler caution:
Although buying with your credit card frees you from using your TWD at hand, know that you may likely be paying more for this convenience.
Main factors are the exchange rates and bank surcharges, when you’re billed for your card purchases back in your home country!
3. Travel Taiwan with extra home currency!
Clever Taiwan travel tip: Support tourist dollar with currency from your home country.
Tour Taiwan with, a few hundreds in value of your local currency.
After some days of traveling in Taiwan and you count your TWD getting insufficient, use your local currency to buy more Taiwan dollar.
Sell your currency for TWD at these sources:
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• Taiwan hotelyou’re staying in;
• Fellow traveler in Taiwan;
• Taiwan bank..
Stay with TaipeiDreams for more travel-smart Taiwan dollar money tips you won’t find anywhere else!
June 21, 2011 @ 2:55 pm
Additional tip (for people from the Netherlands or using a Dutch bank): use your bankcard to withdraw money at the ATM. Good rates, only small fee (1 euro, I believe) and ATM’s are available everywhere.
June 21, 2011 @ 8:05 pm
Thanks for the smart tip, Kevin. 🙂
Yes, look for ATMs with logo that matches the logo on your card. 2 fees to note:
1. Your bank will charge U, say, a small 2 – 3% commission on the exchange rate.
2. A few dollars is deducted for using the ATM. Or about 1 Euro (as Kevin mentioned).
Dave 🙂